Revelation 15-16

brings to mind what has already been alluded to in and the worship around God’s throne.

The 7 bowls represent the cup of God’s wrath, which in the OT makes the nations drunk

Isaiah 51:17–22 CSB

Wake yourself, wake yourself up! Stand up, Jerusalem, you who have drunk the cup of his fury from the Lord’s hand; you who have drunk the goblet to the dregs— the cup that causes people to stagger. There is no one to guide her among all the children she has raised; there is no one to take hold of her hand among all the offspring she has brought up. These two things have happened to you: devastation and destruction, famine and sword. Who will grieve for you? How can I comfort you? Your children have fainted; they lie at the head of every street like an antelope in a net. They are full of the Lord’s fury, the rebuke of your God. So listen to this, suffering and drunken one—but not with wine. This is what your Lord says— the Lord, even your God, who defends his people— “Look, I have removed from your hand the cup that causes staggering; that goblet, the cup of my fury. You will never drink it again.

The bowls lead up to the 2nd coming of Christ (just like the previous cycles have covered the church age until the return of Christ.

The judgments of God against evildoers are depicted in the bowls. IMPRECATORY PSALMS.

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15:1-8

Notice!! Final plagues—complete judgement. Meaning this cannot be a reference to a certain time frame solely in the future.

This is why the Symbolic—Cycle approach is best IMO. 7 layer dip.

SEA of GLASS

Revelation 4:6 CSB

Something like a sea of glass, similar to crystal, was also before the throne. Four living creatures covered with eyes in front and in back were around the throne on each side.

Image of God’s power to subdue the chaos. Image of God being the initiator of judgment.

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EXODUS/PLAGUE IMAGERY

and the Song of Moses (Similar to the new song in )

NATIONS—fulfilling the Abrahamic covenant.

CHINA—IMB map

The Temple—Exodus imagery of Sinai

Isaiah 6:4 CSB

The foundations of the doorways shook at the sound of their voices, and the temple was filled with smoke.

Ez 1:

Ezra 1:4 CSB

Let every survivor, wherever he resides, be assisted by the men of that region with silver, gold, goods, and livestock, along with a freewill offering for the house of God in Jerusalem.”

16:1-9

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Loud voice—God speaks and it happens

1—earth/land the plagues fall on the ungodly. Mar of the beast. Exodus imagery.